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No. 627,4"; Patented June .20, I899. J. N. GROVE, Decd.

A. anovt'a, Administratrix. TOOL FOR MARKING COGS IN MORTISE WHEELS.

(A'pplicltion filed Oct. 31, 1898.; (No llodol.) v

UNITED STATES PATENT @FFIGE.

JAMES N. GROVE, 0F RAILROAD, PENNSYLVANIA; ANNA GROVE, ADMIN- IS'IRATRIXor SAID JAMEs N. GROVE, DECEASED, ASSlGNOR OF' ONE- IIALF TO WILLIAM e.ALLEN, OF SHREWSBURY, PENNSYLVANIA.

TooL FOR MARKING Coos IN MORTlSE-WHEELS'.

SPECIFiCATION' forming part of Letters Patent No. 627,411, dated as. 20,1899.

p i ion fil October 31. 1898. sea-n1 No. 695,094. on model.)

To all whom it may concern..-

Be it known that 1, JAMES N.'GROVE, aoitizen oi the United States,residing at Railroad borough, in the county of York and State ofPennsylvania, have invented a certain new and useful Tool for MakingCogs in Mortise- Wheels, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to tools for-making cogs in mortise-wheels, and hasfor its object to provide a strong, simple,durable, and cheaply andeasily constructed tool with which the cogs for mortise-wheels may beaccurately, readily, and quickly marked mechanically and much time,labor, trouble, and chance of error saved. This object I accomplish inthe manner and by the means hereinafter more fully described in detail,and particularly pointed out in the claims, reference .beinghad to theaccompanying drawings, in which like figures represent like parts in allthe views.

Figure 1 is a front elevation of. my invention. Fig. 2 is a sideelevation of same. Fig. 3 is a bottom plan view of same. Fig. 4 is aplan view of marked cog. Figs. 5, 6, and 7 are detail views of lowerpart stock and small blades. V

My invention consists ofja stock 1, ot--rectangular shape and suitable'length, which has on each side two rounded shoulders 2, where said stock1 is reduced in thickness, and the end of said stock 1 is beveled on thesides. In the smaller end of the stock 1 a pin 3, reduced to a point atthe end, is fixed. A tool'4 is adapted 'to fit said stock 1 just belowthe first shoulder 2 and'to extend down along said stock 1. The markingedge of said tool 4, .which may be as wide as desired just above thesaid point, is secured toeach side of said stock 1 by a bolt 5 and nut6, passing through the holes in said tool 4 and said stock 1 at asuitable distance from the top of said tool 4 and said shoulder 2, Thetop of said tool 4 is rounded to allow said tool 4 to move laterally. Ata suitable distance above the smaller-end ofsaid stock 1 is a slot 7through said stock 1, and through said tool 4, registering with saidslot 7, are holes 8, Through the slot 7 and holes 8, a bolt 9,

' inside of each tool 4.

screw-threaded on each end, passes, and nuts 10 are screwed on said bolt9, one on each side of said tool 4. The bolt 9 has its middle partrectangular and adapted to move in the slot-7. Instead of said slot 7,holes 8, bolt 9, and nuts 10 any other means may be used to set saidtool 4. The lateral adjustment of said tool 4is efiected by a screw 11,passing through the stock 1 and working in the rectangular part of thebolt 9. A small blade 12, the length of the edge of .which is justone-half the width of tool 4, may be attached to the secured to tool 4by a bolt 13, passing through said blade 12 about the middle of saidblade 2 and through said tool 4 at a suitable distance from the cuttingedge and near the middle of said tool 4, and a nut 14. The bolthole insaid small blade 12 is countersunk on the inner side of said blade 12,the bottom of said sink being inclined lengthwise said blade 12. The topof the outer end of said blade 12 bears against'pins 15 or othersuitable devices fixed to theinside of said tool 4. A thumbscrew 16 nearthe outer edge of said tool 4 bears against the face of said blade 12intermediate its width and near the outer end of the edged part andpermits the adjustment of the edge of said small blade 12 at any'desired angle to said tool 4. Blades 17, having cutting edges of anydesired shape, may be The small blade 12 is similarly attached to theinside of said tool 4 for the purpose of marking patterns, blades 12being in that case left off.

The operation of my invention is as follows: Having set the cogs in themortises and secured them there and marked the pitch-line and having setthe blade 12 at the desired angle, or, if necessary on-accouut of theshape the cogs are desired to have, having substituted blades 17, withproperly-shaped cutting edge, the point of the pin 3 is placed on theblades mark the outline of the cogs. The outlines of the cogs can now berapidly marked off, and much of the time and labor now required toperform this work will be saved.

Having now described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. A marking-tool consisting of a stock, having a. point at one end, anda tool on each side of said stock, said tools provided just above thepoint on said stock with symmetric end edges of a substantial extenthaving the contour of the respective tooth-profiles and adapted to markthe outlines of the cogs in a mortisewheel, substantially as shown anddescribed.

2. A marking-tool consisting of a stock, having a point at one end, andtwo tools, one on each side of said stock, said tools provided justabove the point on said stock with symmetric end edges of a substantialextent having the contour of the respective tooth-profiles, and meansfor moving said tools to or from each other and laterally with referenceto said stock, substantially as shown and described.

3. A marking-tool consisting of a stock, a tool attached to each side ofsaid stock and extending down alongside of said stock to just above itsend, said tools provided with symmetric end edges of a substantialextent having the contour of the respective toothprofiles, and a smallblade attached to the inner side of each of said tools, substantially asshown and described.

4. A marking-tool consisting of astock, two tools, one on each side ofsaid stock said tools provided with parallel straight edges just abovethe end of said stock and a small blade attached to the inner side ofeach of said tools at their lower ends, substantially as shown anddescribed.

5. A marking-tool consisting of a stock, two

[smith] Oountersigned A. P. GREELEY,

Acting Commissioner of Patents.

tools, one on each side of said stock, said tools provided with parallelstraight edges just above the lower end of said stock and a small bladeattached to the inner side of each of said tools, the cutting edge at anangle to the lower edges of said tools, substantially as shown anddescribed.

6. A tool adapted to mark the outlines of the cogs in a mortise-wheeland consisting of a rectangular s'tock provided on each side with twoshoulders formed by reducing the thickness of said stock and at the endwith a point, a tool adapted to fit on each side of said stock, the topof said tool rounded and just under the upper shoulder on said stock,and secured to said stock near the top of said tool andthe bottom, ormarking edge, of said tool, just above said point, said tool providedwith a hole at a suitabledistance from the m arking edge, ascrew-threaded bolt provided with a rectangular middle part, passingthrough said holes anda slot in said stock, said bolt provided with nutson each side of said tools, an adj ustin g-screw passingthrough saidstock and working in said rectangular part of.said bolt, a small bladesecured to the inside of each of said larger tools, said small bladehaving an edge only half as long as said larger tools, the bolt-hole onthe inner surface ofsaid small blade beingcountersunk, the upper end ofsaid small blade bearing against pins set in the inner face of saidlarger tool, and a thumb-screw through said larger tool adapted to bearagainst the small blade near the outer edge of the edgedportion,substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereofI hereto aflix my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

JAMES N. GROVE. Witnesses:

G. F. KLINEFELTER, O. R. KLINEFELTEB.

It is hereby certified that in Letters Patent No. 627,411, granted June20, 1899, upon the application of James N. Grove, of Railroad,Pennsylvania, for an improvement in Tools for Marking Cogs inMortise-Wheels, errors appear in the printed specification requiringcorrection, as follows: On page 1, lines 6 and 9, the words Makingshould read Marking; same page, line 21, the word views should readfigures; line 35, the word is should be stricken out; line 37, theperiod after the reference-figure 1 should be stricken out and a commainserted and the following word the should begin with a small t thusmaking a continuous sentence; lines 48, 52, 56, 67, and 93, the wordtool should read tools; and line 93, the word its should read their; andthat the said Letters Patent should be read with these correctionstherein that the same may conform to the record of the case in thePatent Oflice.

Signed, countersigned, and sealed this 29th day of August, A. 1)., 1899.

WEBSTER DAVIS, Assistant Secretary of the Interior.

It is hereby certified that in Letters Patent No. 627,411, granted June20, 1899, upon the application of James N. Grove, of Railroad,Pennsylvania, for an improvement in Tools for Marking Cogs inMortise-Wheels, errors appear in the printed specification requiringcorrection, as follows: On page 1, lines 6 and 9, the words Makingshould read Marking; same page, line 21, the word views should readfigures; line 35, the word is should be stricken out; line 37, theperiod after the reference-figure 1 should be stricken out and a commainserted and the following word the should begin with a small t thusmaking a continuous sentence; lines 48, 52, 56, 57, and 93, the wordtool should read tools; and line 93, the word its should read their; andthat the said Letters Patent should be read with these correctionstherein that the same may conform to the record of the case in thePatent Oflice.

Signed, countersigned, and sealed this 29th day of August, A. 1)., 1899.

[SEAL] WEBSTER DAVIS,

Assistant Secretary of the Data-1101. Countersigned A. P. GREELEY,

Acting Commissioner of Patents.

